UNIT 12 Flashcards
1
Q
identity exploration
emerging adulthood
A
- looking for possibilities for their lives
- love and work
- identity vs. role confusion
- intimacy vs. isolation
- identity development theory
2
Q
positive instability
emerging adulthood
A
- finding their way by trial and error
- choosing majors in college
- where to live
3
Q
focusing on the self
emerging adulthood
A
- more self-focused
- subject to their parents’ rules and the age they are constrained by marriage
- decision up to emerging adult
4
Q
feeling in between
emerging adulthood
A
- one food in childhood and one in adulthood
- aspects of adulthood come gradually
- ambiguous feeling
5
Q
imagining possibilities
emerging adulthood
A
- make changes to their lives to make it better
- seeking new friends
- imagining changes
6
Q
tribalization
young adulthood
A
- define ourselves by our tribe and our place in the tribe
7
Q
detribulization
middle adulthood
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- deeper shift in personality or meaning systems toward a more individualistic view
- openness to self
8
Q
midlife crisis
A
- popular myth that portrays middle age as a time of unstable and unpredictable behavior
9
Q
disengagement
late adulthood
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- early hypothesis which held that late adulthood is a time when people withdraw from activities and relationships in preparation for the end of life
10
Q
selective optimization with compensation
late adulthood
A
- Baltes and Baltes
- which older people cope with limitation by selecting their activities , optimizing their strategies, and compensating for their losses
11
Q
life review
late adulthood
A
- progressive return to conscious of past experience, and particularly the resurgence of unresolved conflicts
12
Q
selection
competence
A
- choose activities they will excel at
- self- efficacy
13
Q
optimization
competence
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- keeping skills/maintaining
- retain skills
14
Q
compensation
competence
A
- certain areas that start declining
- make new strategies to retain or keep skills
- not lose control
15
Q
primary prevention
health
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- build awareness and strategy
